Difference between revisions of "Anglo-Saxon"
m |
m |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
For much of the Anglo-Saxon period, the territory was divided amongst competing micro-nations - whilst the term [[heptarchy]] is used for this period, it is debatable whether there were exactly seven of them for any considerable length of time. Mercia was the most powerful for much of the Dark Ages, until [[Danish]] incursions removed much of North-East England from Anglo-Saxon control. However, in the 9th century, [[Wessex]], under a series of talented rulers culminating in [[Alfred the Great]], established its supremacy. Eventually, all the Germanic peoples of Britain were united under [[Athelstan]], who is often considered the first true King of England. | For much of the Anglo-Saxon period, the territory was divided amongst competing micro-nations - whilst the term [[heptarchy]] is used for this period, it is debatable whether there were exactly seven of them for any considerable length of time. Mercia was the most powerful for much of the Dark Ages, until [[Danish]] incursions removed much of North-East England from Anglo-Saxon control. However, in the 9th century, [[Wessex]], under a series of talented rulers culminating in [[Alfred the Great]], established its supremacy. Eventually, all the Germanic peoples of Britain were united under [[Athelstan]], who is often considered the first true King of England. | ||
| − | In the 21st century, it is a term commonly used by people of [[Slavic]] origin to refer to the [[Anglo-American]],<ref>Carroll Quigley, [https://archive.org/details/pdfy-A7-BNmZpG-RLOXZZ/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Anglo American Establishment'']</ref> [[Transatlantic]],<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/M5bTp Transatlantic Alliance Remains Vital to U.S. and Europe in Post-9/11 World, Concludes Council Task Force Led by Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Summers], March 19, 2004, [[Council on Foreign Relations]].</ref> or [[NATO]] alliance. | + | In the 21st century, it is a term commonly used by people of [[Slavic]] origin to refer to the [[Anglo-American]],<ref>[[Carroll Quigley]], [https://archive.org/details/pdfy-A7-BNmZpG-RLOXZZ/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Anglo American Establishment'']</ref> [[Transatlantic]],<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/M5bTp Transatlantic Alliance Remains Vital to U.S. and Europe in Post-9/11 World, Concludes Council Task Force Led by Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Summers], March 19, 2004, [[Council on Foreign Relations]].</ref> or [[NATO]] alliance. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:09, October 14, 2024
Anglo-Saxon is a term originally used as a shorthand to refer to the conglomerate of Germanic tribes that colonised much of Britain in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire.
It is also used to refer to the more-or-less common language that established itself over what is now England (albeit with significant regional variation), which is more commonly called Old English.
In history, the Anglo-Saxon period is used to refer to the period from the first Germanic incursions in the 5th century up until the Norman conquest of 1066.
For much of the Anglo-Saxon period, the territory was divided amongst competing micro-nations - whilst the term heptarchy is used for this period, it is debatable whether there were exactly seven of them for any considerable length of time. Mercia was the most powerful for much of the Dark Ages, until Danish incursions removed much of North-East England from Anglo-Saxon control. However, in the 9th century, Wessex, under a series of talented rulers culminating in Alfred the Great, established its supremacy. Eventually, all the Germanic peoples of Britain were united under Athelstan, who is often considered the first true King of England.
In the 21st century, it is a term commonly used by people of Slavic origin to refer to the Anglo-American,[1] Transatlantic,[2] or NATO alliance.